EyePet, Your PS3’s New Best Friend

One more interesting announcement from Sony’s Leipzig conference, although this one looks more like something Nintendo would have had at its E3 briefing.

EyePet is a piece of virtual pet software that will work with the PlayStation 3’s camera attachment — you’ll see the little monkey-thing on screen and you’ll be able to interact with him by moving your hands in front of the camera. Apparently if you take a ball and roll it on the table, EyePet will chase after it.

More than a little creepy. EyePet won’t be available until late 2009, so don’t hold your breath. Am I the only one thinking about the "Miniature Monkey" ads they used to have in the back of comic books?